ScienceWiz‚ Heat & Temperature

Recommended Ages: 8+

Includes a 40-page book & materials.

Heat, temperature & the hidden universe

• Point and measure temperature from floor to ceiling with an infrared thermometer
• Explore changes in state and record freezing and boiling points
• Capture your thermal thumbprint
• Measure the rising temperature of an oozing, snaking exothermic reaction
• Make your own heat pack
• Expand and contract and repair with heat
• Radiate, convect & conduct heat
• Learn about absolute zero
• Explore Herschel experiment with thermometers and the discovery of infrared light
• Measure black-body radiation and prepare to stumble into the ultraviolet catastrophe